- Ellwood Madill
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name=John Ellwood Madill
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birth_date=15 January 1915
birth_place=Melancthon, Ontario
death_date=death date and age|1999|12|5|1915|1|15
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riding=Dufferin—Simcoe
term_start=April 1963
term_end=June 1968
riding2=Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe
term_start2=October 1972
term_end2=May 1974
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profession=businessman, farmer, insurance agent
party=Progressive Conservative
party colour=Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
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website=|John Ellwood Madill (
15 January 1915 -5 December 1999 ) was a Progressive Conservative party member of theCanadian House of Commons . He was born inMelancthon, Ontario .Elwood Madill was an insurance agent in
Orangeville, Ontario when he won the local Progressive Conservative nomination for theDufferin—Simcoe riding on16 February 1963 .cite news | title=Cabinet and Former Government Firmly United Behind PM, Nowlan Claims | date=18 February 1963 | page=8 | publisher="The Globe and Mail " ] Madill won that seat in the federal election later that year. He was re-elected to a second term in 1965.Due to riding boundary realignments in 1966, Madill campaigned in the newly-formed
Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe riding in the 1968 election but lost toBruce Beer of the Liberal party. Beer only served one term in Parliament before Madill won back Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe in the 1972 federal election. However, after his term in the 29th Parliament, Madill left federal political office after his defeat to Ross Milne in the 1974 federal election.Besides his insurance practice, Madill was also a businessman and farmer during his career.
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